Food Photography Q and A

In food photography, how do you make shadows disappear? I’m assuming that you mean cast shadows, and the answer to your question is, “you don’t”. If there is light, there is shadow. It’s a fact of life. Sure, some shadows have softer edges than others and some shadows are darker than others. That’s probably something…

How much should I charge for my food photography? Sorry, but there are just way too many variables to answer a question about pricing food photography, for a simple answer here. It all depends on how good you are, how long you’ve been doing this, your location, the competition, how much you have invested in…

Food Photography Focus Strategy When I first read this question, I thought that it might be a little too simple to address on my “Advanced Food Photography Blog”, but then I remembered that just in the last year, I must of asked myself this very question a hundred times. The question is a simple one…

Is it better to photograph food as a vertical or a horizontal? I think that each food photographer has his or her own preference on this, but personally, I usually prefer to shoot horizontally. There’s no right or wrong answer to this question, and your preference may be related to whether you lean toward advertising…

Mixing Light Sources in Food Photography – Q&A When using more than one light how do you deal with the colour differences.? Do you use a colour temperature meter to check the colour temperature of each light or gel by eye ( guess and by God ) ? Or since they are less powerful than…

Q&A – Do you have any recommendations regarding marketing and/or finding those first few food photography clients? Wow! That’s really a good question… I can make some suggestions , but because it’s been a while since I looked for my first client, I’d only be guessing. I’m going to make some suggestions and then check…

Is it possible to become a photo assistant without a formal photography education? The question was this: Is it possible to work in a food studio, be an apprentice (photo assistant), or go-fer, with only my photo’s, no schooling behind them? no formal training in photography? To be honest, I think it would work, but…

The difference between Editorial and Advertising Food Photography? As I see it, it’s all about the style of the photo… I remember years ago, I fed-x’ed my portfolio off to the Art Buyer for Bon Apatite Magazine, just to see what would happen. Who knows, maybe I could become famous or something… :o) It didn’t…

Okay, this is a terrible example, but I have photographed many a wine bottle, but I can’t seem to put my hands on one right now. But… If you look at the very feint highlight running down the left hand side of the bottle, you’ll see (not very well), how I like to light wine…

Food Photographer Q & A #2 : by Simi Jois – My question : How important is post-processing to the final look of the image? I guess you’ll have to be the judge of that. Below the final image, I’ve posted the original one. As you can see, all, I’ve really done is to flip…